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Aug 06, 2019Tica77 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I knew very little about these orphan trains which brought thousands of children from New York to the American mid-west in the late 1920s. The author’s research on the topic was excellent and the way she brought together a 91 year-old train rider (Vivian) and a 17 year-old « rebel ». (Molly) who is a ward of the children’s aid society of Maine. As Molly helps Vivian sort through decades of boxes in her attic, she discovers how love, resilience, heartbreak and rejection do not necessarily equal a bad life. The reader becomes very attached to these two characters. There is an interesting twist near the end of the novel. Well worth reading.